How Much Is That Doggie in the Window? (Extended Nursery Rhymes)

Trapani, Iza; Merrill, Bob

ISBN 10: 0836824865 ISBN 13: 9780836824865

Publisher: Gareth Stevens Pub, 1999

Synopsis

Longing to buy a special puppy, a boy tries to earn the money he needs but ends up spending it on family members, who ultimately surprise him with a special gift.

About this title

About the Author:

Iza Trapani is the best-selling author/illustrator of several children's books, including TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR; I'M A LITTLE TEAPOT; THE ITSY BITSY SPIDER; and RUFUS AND FRIENDS: RHYME TIME. She lives in the Hudson Valley of New York.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 3?Patti Page made this song popular in the 1950s and now, with slightly different words and 13 verses for additional parental torment, it is surely destined for renewed life in kindergarten classrooms. In this jolly version, a little boy falls in love with a spotted puppy but doesn't have enough money to buy it. He sets to work to earn and save, but family needs (baby sister requiring the comfort of a yogurt cone, Mom's bee sting that only a chocolate bar will make better, Dad's allergies that require a box of tissues, etc.) put a hole in the piggy bank. When he finally goes back to the pet shop, the doggie is gone. It has been purchased for someone's very special son. Guess who. Trapani's watercolors are full of expressive detail, sweet without being saccharine. Another all's well that ends well tale.?Ruth Semrau, formerly at Lovejoy School, Allen, TX
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About this edition

• Publisher: Gareth Stevens Pub
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0836824865
• ISBN 13: 9780836824865
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 31